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Finding NemoFollow

2003 • 1h 40m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

There are 3.7 trillion fish in the ocean. They're looking for one.

🍅 99% 86%

90

4.03

8.2

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$70.30M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$380.53M

Final

Worldwide total

$936.09M

$555.57M international

Domestic legs4.84x

Budget$94.0M

2003 rank#2

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Cast & crew

Full Stanton filmography

Andrew Stanton

Andrew Stanton Director

Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks Starring

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres Starring

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe Starring

Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush Starring

Brad Garrett

Brad Garrett Starring

ScreenplayAndrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds Produced byGraham Walters CinematographySharon Calahan, Jeremy Lasky MusicThomas Newman Prod. DesignRalph Eggleston StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 May 30-Jun 1 1 $70.3M — 3,374 $20,821 $70.3M

2 Jun 6-8 2 $46.6M −33.7% 3,391 $13,739 $144.0M

3 Jun 13-15 1 $28.4M −39.1% 3,425 $8,287 $191.5M

4 Jun 20-22 2 $21.1M −25.5% 3,404 $6,209 $228.5M

5 Jun 27-29 3 $14.0M −33.9% 3,333 $4,190 $254.0M

6 Jul 4-6 4 $11.1M −20.8% 2,902 $3,810 $274.9M

7 Jul 11-13 5 $8.5M −23.5% 2,643 $3,202 $291.1M

8 Jul 18-20 6 $7.3M −14.1% 2,480 $2,933 $303.8M

9 Jul 25-27 8 $4.4M −39.6% 2,025 $2,168 $313.1M

10 Aug 1-3 7 $3.9M −12.1% 1,777 $2,172 $320.0M

11 Aug 8-10 9 $2.5M −34.9% 1,502 $1,672 $324.9M

12 Aug 15-17 14 $1.4M −45.9% 1,037 $1,310 $327.8M

13 Aug 22-24 15 $1.0M −23.5% 838 $1,239 $329.8M

14 Aug 29-31 15 $1.5M +47.9% 1,053 $1,459 $331.9M

15 Sep 5-7 20 $804.1K −47.7% 903 $890 $333.8M

16 Sep 26-28 22 $360.9K −55.1% 405 $891 $335.7M

17 Oct 3-5 18 $659.5K +82.7% 604 $1,091 $336.5M

18 Oct 10-12 19 $626.5K −5.0% 540 $1,160 $337.4M

19 Oct 17-19 18 $511.5K −18.4% 455 $1,124 $338.2M

20 Oct 24-26 18 $435.5K −14.9% 404 $1,077 $338.7M

21 Oct 31-Nov 2 24 $289.0K −33.6% 343 $842 $339.2M

22 Nov 7-9 27 $180.2K −37.7% 266 $677 $339.4M

23 Nov 14-16 31 $103.8K −42.4% 213 $487 $339.6M

24 Nov 21-23 40 $50.6K −51.3% 168 $301 $339.7M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri May 30 #1 $20.2M — $20.2M 3,374 $5,989 1

Sat May 31 #1 $28.0M +39% $48.2M 3,374 $8,302 2

Sun Jun 1 #1 $22.0M −21% $70.3M 3,374 $6,529 3

Mon Jun 2 #1 $6.9M −68% $77.2M 3,374 $2,058 4

Tue Jun 3 #1 $7.2M +3% $84.4M 3,374 $2,128 5

Wed Jun 4 #1 $6.7M −6% $91.1M 3,374 $1,993 6

Thu Jun 5 #1 $6.3M −6% $97.5M 3,374 $1,882 7

Fri Jun 6 #2 $12.3M +94% −39% $109.8M 3,391 $3,628 8

Sat Jun 7 #1 $19.5M +59% −30% $129.3M 3,391 $5,751 9

Sun Jun 8 #1 $14.8M −24% −33% $144.0M 3,391 $4,358 10

Mon Jun 9 #1 $4.5M −70% −35% $148.5M 3,391 $1,327 11

Tue Jun 10 #1 $4.7M +4% −35% $153.2M 3,391 $1,375 12

Wed Jun 11 #1 $4.8M +4% −28% $158.0M 3,391 $1,426 13

Thu Jun 12 #1 $5.1M +4% −20% $163.1M 3,391 $1,490 14

Fri Jun 13 #1 $8.5M +69% −31% $171.6M 3,425 $2,493 15

Sat Jun 14 #1 $11.3M +33% −42% $183.0M 3,425 $3,304 16

Sun Jun 15 #1 $8.5M −25% −42% $191.5M 3,425 $2,489 17

Mon Jun 16 #1 $3.6M −58% −21% $195.1M 3,425 $1,044 18

Tue Jun 17 #1 $4.0M +11% −15% $199.0M 3,425 $1,158 19

Wed Jun 18 #1 $4.2M +7% −13% $203.3M 3,425 $1,235 20

Thu Jun 19 #1 $4.1M −2% −18% $207.4M 3,425 $1,210 21

Fri Jun 20 #2 $6.2M +51% −27% $213.7M 3,404 $1,833 22

Sat Jun 21 #2 $8.2M +32% −27% $221.9M 3,404 $2,422 23

Sun Jun 22 #2 $6.6M −20% −23% $228.5M 3,404 $1,938 24

Mon Jun 23 #2 $2.7M −59% −24% $231.3M 3,404 $802 25

Tue Jun 24 #2 $2.8M +3% −29% $234.1M 3,404 $830 26

Wed Jun 25 #2 $2.8M n/c −33% $236.9M 3,404 $831 27

Thu Jun 26 #2 $3.1M +9% −26% $240.0M 3,404 $906 28

Fri Jun 27 #3 $4.2M +36% −33% $244.2M 3,333 $1,261 29

Sat Jun 28 #3 $5.5M +30% −34% $249.7M 3,333 $1,643 30

Sun Jun 29 #3 $4.3M −22% −35% $254.0M 3,333 $1,285 31

Mon Jun 30 #2 $2.5M −41% −8% $256.5M 3,333 $756 32

Tue Jul 1 #3 $2.5M −2% −12% $259.0M 3,333 $742 33

Wed Jul 2 #4 $2.2M −11% −22% $261.2M 2,902 $762 34

Thu Jul 3 #4 $2.6M +18% −16% $263.8M 2,902 $896 35

Fri Jul 4 #4 $2.9M +12% −31% $266.7M 2,902 $1,000 36

Sat Jul 5 #4 $4.6M +59% −16% $271.3M 2,902 $1,591 37

Sun Jul 6 #4 $3.5M −23% −17% $274.9M 2,902 $1,218 38

Mon Jul 7 #4 $1.8M −48% −27% $276.8M 2,902 $633 39

Tue Jul 8 #4 $2.0M +11% −18% $278.8M 2,902 $702 40

Wed Jul 9 #4 $1.9M −7% −14% $280.7M 2,902 $654 41

Thu Jul 10 #4 $1.9M −1% −28% $282.6M 2,902 $645 42

Fri Jul 11 #5 $2.7M +45% −7% $285.3M 2,643 $1,024 43

Sat Jul 12 #5 $3.1M +15% −33% $288.4M 2,643 $1,172 44

Sun Jul 13 #5 $2.4M −23% −32% $291.1M 2,643 $905 45

Mon Jul 14 #5 $1.3M −45% −29% $292.4M 2,643 $494 46

Tue Jul 15 #5 $1.4M +8% −31% $293.8M 2,643 $531 47

Wed Jul 16 #5 $1.5M +4% −23% $295.2M 2,643 $550 48

Thu Jul 17 #5 $1.3M −11% −31% $296.5M 2,643 $487 49

Fri Jul 18 #6 $2.7M +110% n/c $299.2M 2,480 $1,088 50

Sat Jul 19 #6 $2.6M −4% −16% $301.8M 2,480 $1,047 51

Sun Jul 20 #6 $2.0M −24% −17% $303.8M 2,480 $798 52

Mon Jul 21 #5 $1.2M −40% −9% $305.0M 2,480 $480 53

Tue Jul 22 #5 $1.3M +9% −8% $306.3M 2,480 $522 54

Wed Jul 23 #4 $1.3M −1% −12% $307.6M 2,480 $517 55

Thu Jul 24 #4 $1.2M −10% −10% $308.7M 2,480 $468 56

Fri Jul 25 #9 $1.3M +10% −53% $310.0M 2,025 $628 57

Sat Jul 26 #8 $1.7M +37% −33% $311.7M 2,025 $859 58

Sun Jul 27 #8 $1.4M −21% −30% $313.1M 2,025 $680 59

Mon Jul 28 #7 $700.0K −49% −41% $313.8M 2,025 $345 60

Tue Jul 29 #6 $763.0K +9% −41% $314.6M 2,025 $376 61

Wed Jul 30 #6 $760.0K n/c −41% $315.3M 2,025 $375 62

Thu Jul 31 #6 $817.0K +8% −30% $316.2M 2,025 $403 63

Fri Aug 1 #8 $1.1M +37% −12% $317.3M 1,777 $629 64

Sat Aug 2 #7 $1.5M +36% −13% $318.8M 1,777 $855 65

Sun Aug 3 #7 $1.2M −20% −11% $320.0M 1,777 $687 66

Mon Aug 4 #7 $683.0K −44% −2% $320.7M 1,777 $384 67

Tue Aug 5 #7 $681.0K n/c −11% $321.4M 1,777 $383 68

Wed Aug 6 #8 $527.0K −23% −31% $321.9M 1,777 $296 69

Thu Aug 7 #8 $493.0K −6% −40% $322.4M 1,777 $277 70

Fri Aug 8 #9 $698.7K +42% −37% $323.1M 1,502 $465 71

Sat Aug 9 #9 $1.0M +45% −33% $324.1M 1,502 $675 72

Sun Aug 10 #9 $798.3K −21% −35% $324.9M 1,502 $531 73

Mon Aug 11 #9 $397.0K −50% −42% $325.3M 1,502 $264 74

Tue Aug 12 #9 $428.0K +8% −37% $325.7M 1,502 $284 75

Wed Aug 13 #9 $376.0K −12% −29% $326.1M 1,502 $250 76

Thu Aug 14 #9 $291.0K −23% −41% $326.4M 1,502 $193 77

Fri Sep 14 #2 $5.1M — $344.8M 2,904 $1,741

Sat Sep 15 #2 $7.0M +39% $351.8M 2,904 $2,413

Sun Sep 16 #2 $4.6M −34% $356.4M 2,904 $1,591

Mon Sep 17 #2 $1.2M −74% $357.6M 2,904 $419

Tue Sep 18 #2 $1.2M +1% $358.8M 2,904 $422

Wed Sep 19 #2 $715.9K −42% $359.6M 2,904 $246

Thu Sep 20 #2 $686.6K −4% $360.2M 2,904 $236

Fri Sep 21 #4 $2.4M +251% −52% $362.7M 2,904 $829

Sat Sep 22 #4 $4.5M +88% −36% $367.2M 2,904 $1,554

Sun Sep 23 #2 $2.7M −40% −41% $369.9M 2,904 $936

Mon Sep 24 #6 $457.1K −83% −62% $370.3M 2,904 $157

Tue Sep 25 #6 $617.7K +35% −50% $371.0M 2,904 $212

Wed Sep 26 #3 $724.8K +17% +1% $371.7M 2,904 $249

Thu Sep 27 #6 $434.0K −40% −37% $372.1M 2,904 $149

Fri Sep 28 #7 $1.0M +141% −57% $373.2M 2,639 $395

Sat Sep 29 #7 $1.9M +79% −59% $375.0M 2,639 $709

Sun Sep 30 #7 $1.1M −40% −59% $376.2M 2,639 $424

Mon Oct 1 #9 $226.7K −80% −50% $376.4M 2,639 $85

Tue Oct 2 #11 $274.1K +21% −56% $376.7M 2,639 $103

Wed Oct 3 #9 $225.6K −18% −69% $376.9M 2,639 $85

Thu Oct 4 #9 $242.9K +8% −44% $377.1M 2,639 $92

Fri Oct 5 #11 $377.8K +56% −64% $377.5M 1,746 $216

Sat Oct 6 #10 $703.1K +86% −62% $378.2M 1,746 $402

Sun Oct 7 #9 $543.7K −23% −51% $378.8M 1,746 $311

Mon Oct 8 #9 $333.0K −39% +47% $379.1M 1,746 $190

Tue Oct 9 #13 $122.4K −63% −55% $379.2M 1,746 $70

Wed Oct 10 #11 $111.9K −9% −50% $379.3M 1,746 $64

Thu Oct 11 #11 $120.9K +8% −50% $379.4M 1,746 $69

Fri Oct 12 $77.6K −36% −79% $379.5M 480 $161

Sat Oct 13 $171.4K +121% −76% $379.7M 480 $357

Sun Oct 14 $138.9K −19% −74% $379.8M 480 $289

Mon Oct 15 $26.1K −81% −92% $379.9M 480 $54

Tue Oct 16 $29.4K +13% −76% $379.9M 480 $61

Wed Oct 17 $28.1K −4% −75% $379.9M 480 $58

Thu Oct 18 $38.3K +36% −68% $380.0M 480 $79

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$380.0M

May 30Jun 25Jul 21Sep 22Oct 18

Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.9M

$70.3M

$46.6M

$28.4M

$21.1M

$14.0M

$11.1M

$8.5M

$7.3M

$4.4M

$3.9M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,425 → 480 −86.0%

3,374 open480 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −12.1%

−33.7%

W1→2

−39.1%

W2→3

−25.5%

W3→4

−33.9%

W4→5

−20.8%

W5→6

−23.5%

W6→7

−14.1%

W7→8

−39.6%

W8→9

−12.1%

W9→10

Steepest −39.6%Best hold −12.1%

Run milestones

$300M in 51 days

$100M

Day 8

Jun 6

$200M

Day 20

Jun 18

$300M

Day 51

Jul 19

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#4 All-time G-rated domesticAll-time $380.5M #6 Biggest original filmsAll-time $380.5M #7 Best multipliersAll-time 5.42x #7 Longest runs of $1M+ daysAll-time 59 days #16 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $380.5M

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